Born in the island of Barbados on March 3rd, 1816, the eleventh son of John Walton, Provost Marshal. He was the last born of twenty-three children. He himself became six feet in height, yet was the shortest of his brothers, for his father's ancestors - Yorkshiremen - were of gigantic stature; his mo

Born at South Norwood, 25 March 1860, seventh child and fifth son of the Rev Charles Maddock Arnold, minor canon of Westminster and vicar of St Mark's, South Norwood. His mother was Jane, daughter of John Haywood, MD, of Chippenham, Wilts. Like two of his brothers he went to Westminster School, whic

Born on 16 February 1869 at Eccles, near Manchester, the first child of Thomas Clegg, agent, and Elizabeth Gray, his wife. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and at the Victoria University where he graduated MB with honours in 1893, having taken the Conjoint qualification in 1891. Transfer

Born 23 April 1869, seventh child and third son, but the first son to survive, of Walter John Harman of Highgate and his wife *née* Bellamy, who came of a City family, owners of Bellamy's Wharf. He was educated at the City of London School and at St John's College Cambridge, of which he was a founda

Studied at University College Hospital, where he was House Surgeon in 1858-1859. He then practised successively at 1 Carlton Villas and at Pembroke Villa, Caledonian Road, London, N. In or before 1863 he removed to Davies Street, London W, and was Surgeon to the St George's and St James's Dispensary

Born on August 10th, 1844, the eldest son of William Joseph Square (qv), and was educated at the Baptist College, Regent's Park, London, NW. He entered Rugby, when Dr Temple was head master, in 1859, and left in 1861. He studied with his father at the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital, and at S

Born at Stockton-on-Tees, the son of John Tweedy, a solicitor. He was educated at Elmfield College, York, and at University College, London, from which he went to University College Hospital for his medical course. He qualified in 1872, and in 1873 became a Clinical Assistant at the Royal London Oph

Geoffrey Gibson Bisley was an ophthalmic surgeon who spent much of his career overseas. He was born on 23 May 1915 at Hove, Sussex, the second child of Claude and Ida Gibson. His father was an auctioneer and surveyor in the family business. His maternal grandfather and uncle were both qualified phar

Howard Fyfe Harper was a pioneering ophthalmic surgeon who worked in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran. He was born in Te Kuiti, New Zealand, the son of William Stanley Blyth Harper, a chemist, and Esther Harper née Fortune, a schoolteacher. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School, but left early to

Charles James Frederick Maguire was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He was born in County Wicklow, Ireland, on 10 May 1931 to Charles Maguire, a nonconformist minister, and Gertrude née Armitage. He was at school in Belfast, attending the Methodist College, and c

Graham Cleverly Pritchard was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King's College Hospital. His father was a general practitioner in Highgate, London. He studied medicine at Clare College, Cambridge, and King's College Hospital, London, qualifying MB BChir in 1939. At the outbreak of the Second World

Martin Hamilton Kemp was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon in Hereford and Worcester. He qualified MB BS in Durham in 1952. He gained his diploma in ophthalmology in 1962 and his FRCS in 1964. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was an ophthalmic registrar at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcas